Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, (Pxfuel) When we speak, we relate the inner world of ourselves to the outer world around us. It’s a human function so innate and natural to us that it’s easy to take it for granted, to assume that there’s not much else to explore. Where, though, does the power of speech emerge from? Do we simply suggest it’s a product of human evolution and our current mode of communication, or do we suggest there’s something more to it? In Parshat Balak, the Torah opts for the latter.